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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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Abbot and convent of Kirkstall. [King and] council. [The petition is badly damaged,...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/154/7657
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This record is about the Abbot and convent of Kirkstall. [King and] council. [The petition is badly damaged,... dating from [c. 1330] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/154/7657
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1330]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- Abbot and convent of Kirkstall.
- Addressees
- [King and] council.
- Nature of request
- [The petition is badly damaged, and the full sense is difficult to recover].The abbot and convent request that they may be granted that they [are quit] of puture for the foresters of the chase of Blackburnshire as they have been distrained for it.
- Nature of endorsement
- They should sue in Chancery and there by fine have letters containing the effect of the writ and of their petition that the abbot and convent hold their manor of Barnoldswick which is out of the chase of Blackburnshire, as appears by the transcript of the same writ, quit and free of puture.
- Places mentioned
- Blackburnshire, [Lancashire]
- Barnoldswick, [Lancashire].
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition appears to date to c. 1330 as it is likely to relate to a commission and grant concerning the abbot and convent's claims to the manor of Barnoldswick and its position outside of the chase of Blackburnshire (CPR 1330-4, pp.56, 70).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a related petition by the same petitioner, see SC 8/55/2727
For a related document see SC 8/156/7781
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls Edw III, vol. II, 1330-1334, (Public Record Office, 1894), p.56 (commission concerning the abbot's claims) & p.70 (grant that the abbot and convent should be quit of providing puture to the king's foresters of the chase of Blackburnshire)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9209846/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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